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Esther 9:5
Esther 9:5 is verse 5 of Esther chapter 9, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
The Jews put all their enemies to the sword, killing and destroying them, and they did as they pleased to those who hated them.
King James Version
Thus the Jews smote all their enemies with the stroke of the sword, and slaughter, and destruction, and did what they would unto those that hated them.
World English Bible
The Jews struck all their enemies with the stroke of the sword, and with slaughter and destruction, and did what they wanted to those who hated them.
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Esther 9:3–7 · Berean Standard Bible
3 And all the officials of the provinces, the satraps, the governors, and the king’s administrators helped the Jews, because the fear of Mordecai had fallen upon them.
4 For Mordecai exercised great power in the palace, and his fame spread throughout the provinces as he became more and more powerful.
5 The Jews put all their enemies to the sword, killing and destroying them, and they did as they pleased to those who hated them.
6 In the citadel of Susa, the Jews killed and destroyed five hundred men,
7 including Parshandatha, Dalphon, Aspatha,
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Psalms 18:34He trains my hands for battle; my arms can bend a bow of bronze.
Psalms 18:35You have given me Your shield of salvation; Your right hand upholds me, and Your gentleness exalts me.
Psalms 18:36You broaden the path beneath me so that my ankles do not give way.
Psalms 18:37I pursued my enemies and overtook them; I did not turn back until they were consumed.
Psalms 18:38I crushed them so they could not rise; they have fallen under my feet.
Psalms 18:39You have armed me with strength for battle; You have subdued my foes beneath me.
Psalms 18:40You have made my enemies retreat before me; I put an end to those who hated me.
Psalms 18:47the God who avenges me and subdues nations beneath me,
Psalms 18:48who delivers me from my enemies. You exalt me above my foes; You rescue me from violent men.
Psalms 20:7Some trust in chariots and others in horses, but we trust in the name of the LORD our God.
Psalms 20:8They collapse and fall, but we rise up and stand firm.
Psalms 149:6May the high praises of God be in their mouths, and a double-edged sword in their hands,
Psalms 149:7to inflict vengeance on the nations and punishment on the peoples,
Psalms 149:8to bind their kings with chains and their nobles with shackles of iron,
Psalms 149:9to execute the judgment written against them. This honor is for all His saints. Hallelujah!
2 Thessalonians 1:6After all, it is only right for God to repay with affliction those who afflict you,
Jeremiah 18:21Therefore, hand their children over to famine; pour out the power of the sword upon them. Let their wives become childless and widowed; let their husbands be slain by disease, their young men struck down by the sword in battle.